Hunter Gatherer [CD], Avatar, CD

Avatar returns in 2020 with a bold manifesto called Hunter Gatherer. The band's eighth album is an unflinchingly ruthless study of a clueless humankind's ever-increasing velocity into an uncertain future, furthering the reach of the band's always expanding dark roots. Songs like "A Secret Door," "Colossus," and "Age of Apes" are ready-made anthems for the modern age, each struggling for a collective meaning amidst the savagery of technology.